6 Function can be represented by sum of minterms: f(A,B) = A’B+AB’+AB This is not optimal however! We want to minimize the number of literals and terms. We factor out common terms – A’B+AB’+AB= A’B+AB’+ AB+AB =(A’+ A )B+A(B’+ B )=B+A Hence, we have f(A,B) = A+B